Author Archives: Russell Dorn

Roadside Rest Stop, CA

Roadside Rest Stop, CA

Good evening, Melody and Choral the crab have been playing the theremin and bongo drums for hours as Sunny sings that song from the Lion King over and over from atop the RV which he insists we refer to as Pride Rock. Anyway, they finally stopped when we made a pit stop at a roadsideContinue Reading

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

  Hello friends, Still here in San Diego, CA, but no, this is not the zoo again, per se. This is the San Diego Zoo’s Safari Park. We saw the bird show first, then spent some time in the Gorilla Forest, before heading all the way up to Condor Ridge through Elephant Valley. We endedContinue Reading

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

  Hello friends, We had quite the day at the San Diego Zoo. We walked the zoo for the good part of the day, seeing toucans, anacondas, hippos, zebras, foxes, ostriches, rhinoceros, and many more animals, including my favorite: the capybaras! I wish capybaras were part of the petting zoo instead of dung beetles andContinue Reading

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

  Hello Gryffindors, Slytherins, Hufflepuffs, and Ravenclaws, Mervin’s beard! What fun we had today at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, CA.  Seeing all the muggles in the streets of Diagon Alley and in the halls of Hogwarts was a blast. Butter-beers at the tavern were delicious and I even got a wand that looks a lotContinue Reading

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

  Hello friends,  We rented a room at the Stay on Main here in Los Angeles, which used to be the Cecil Hotel. The Cecil hotel has a creepy history, but with a new name and updates, the place looks great! The neighborhood isn’t the best, though, so we’ve been hanging out in the lobby most ofContinue Reading

Baker, CA

Baker, CA

Hello friends, After a long day of driving we decided to spend the night in Baker, CA. It’s the home to the tallest thermometer, which read 92 degrees upon our arrival and has fallen to 75 degrees with the sunset. I’m not saying there’s so little to do in Baker that I sat watching theContinue Reading

Nowhere, CA

Nowhere, CA

Hello friends, I know what you’re thinking. UFO! Aliens! Don’t get too excited. Joe Miller assures me that this is simply a large scale art piece utilizing magnets. (Magnets. How do they work?) The art piece is certainly attention grabbing. I nearly woke everyone up from their naps in my excitement, wanting them to seeContinue Reading

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

Hello friends, Just finished up our last day and night in Las Vegas. We got up early and took a walk down the Vegas Blvd strip. Sunny had to stop at the CVS on the strip to buy some more SPF 1,000 sunscreen. While he did this, the rest of us took a look atContinue Reading

Las Vegas, NV

Las Vegas, NV

Hail fellow, well met, We made it to Las Vegas yesterday and got a room at the medieval themed Excalibur. That’s the colorful castle casino. Gummy is convinced that Merlin lives here and has been out sniffing around for him. We have Oscar back home, so I don’t know why he’s so keen on findingContinue Reading

Beatty, NV

Beatty, NV

Hello friends, What horror I have seen! We had to stop a couple hours outside of Las Vegas because we got a flat tire. Sunny thinks there must have been a nail in the road and spent quiet a while looking for the nail that popped the tire as Melody and Joe Miller worked onContinue Reading